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Pro-China supporters wearing green shirt and armband occupy roads in Yuen Long and chant “we support the police”
14:50 | Yuen Long
Around 200 pro-China protestors, all wearing green shirt and an orange armband on their left arm, started a march to support the police from Yuen Long Station to Castle Peak Road. The Light Rail service was disrupted, but the Police were not at the scene and did not intervene.
These pro-China supporters hold a variety of banners, including “We support the HK Police” and “we love China”. They raised signs and also claimed themselves the "successors" of "The East River Column".
[Editor's note: Historically, the East River Column was an anti-Japanese guerrilla force under the lead the Communist Party of China based in South China during the Second World War]
Source: Apple Daily #Nov14
14:50 | Yuen Long
Around 200 pro-China protestors, all wearing green shirt and an orange armband on their left arm, started a march to support the police from Yuen Long Station to Castle Peak Road. The Light Rail service was disrupted, but the Police were not at the scene and did not intervene.
These pro-China supporters hold a variety of banners, including “We support the HK Police” and “we love China”. They raised signs and also claimed themselves the "successors" of "The East River Column".
[Editor's note: Historically, the East River Column was an anti-Japanese guerrilla force under the lead the Communist Party of China based in South China during the Second World War]
Source: Apple Daily #Nov14
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Today marks the seventh day after the death of Mr Alex Chow Tsz-lok.
No matter where you are,
We hope that at 8:09 this evening
you can dedicate a minute of silence to Mr Chow.
He shall forever be our pride and glory.
We shall never forget our compatriots.
We shall reach for him his destination unreached.
Free Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times.
Five Demands, Not One Less.
Be Water and Guardians of Hong Kong will stop posting from 2009HKT to 2100HKT to mourn the loss of our dear friend.
#Nov14 #Memorial #AlexChow
No matter where you are,
We hope that at 8:09 this evening
you can dedicate a minute of silence to Mr Chow.
He shall forever be our pride and glory.
We shall never forget our compatriots.
We shall reach for him his destination unreached.
Free Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times.
Five Demands, Not One Less.
Be Water and Guardians of Hong Kong will stop posting from 2009HKT to 2100HKT to mourn the loss of our dear friend.
#Nov14 #Memorial #AlexChow
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Citizens Join Rally to Support Firefighters and Paramedics
In Edinburgh Place at 20:08, participants joined many others in the city to observe a minute of silence for Alex Tsz-lok Chow who passed away at 08:09 on November 8. People at the rally also observed an extra minute for the young man who died yesterday (Nov 13).
After that, messages from the firemen arrested during the protests were read out. Frontline firefighters and paramedics express that they will not leave protesters on their own: "We will walk this path with you. Fight on, Hongkongers!"
Source: RTHK; Apple Daily
#Nov14
In Edinburgh Place at 20:08, participants joined many others in the city to observe a minute of silence for Alex Tsz-lok Chow who passed away at 08:09 on November 8. People at the rally also observed an extra minute for the young man who died yesterday (Nov 13).
After that, messages from the firemen arrested during the protests were read out. Frontline firefighters and paramedics express that they will not leave protesters on their own: "We will walk this path with you. Fight on, Hongkongers!"
Source: RTHK; Apple Daily
#Nov14
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Hong Kong vs Bahrain Match; Fans Brought Flags and Shouted Protest Slogans
The FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers is hosted this evening at the Hong Kong Stadium, with Hong Kong competing against Bahrain. Dozens of face-masked riot police guarded outside of the stadium.
Fans shouted slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times" shortly before the match.
During intermission, security guards of the stadium attempted to take away the flag with the slogan "Free Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times" printed, but was unsuccessful due to the uproar caused to the fans.
Twenty-two minutes after the match started, all fans in the stadium stood up to dedicate a minute of silence to Mr Alex Chow Tsz-lok, who was twenty-two when he passed away last Friday. Some fans raised a banner that read "They are still young, give their youth back".
The match ended in a tie.
Source: HKBU SU Editorial Board
#Nov14 #FIFA
The FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers is hosted this evening at the Hong Kong Stadium, with Hong Kong competing against Bahrain. Dozens of face-masked riot police guarded outside of the stadium.
Fans shouted slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times" shortly before the match.
During intermission, security guards of the stadium attempted to take away the flag with the slogan "Free Hong Kong, Revolution of Our Times" printed, but was unsuccessful due to the uproar caused to the fans.
Twenty-two minutes after the match started, all fans in the stadium stood up to dedicate a minute of silence to Mr Alex Chow Tsz-lok, who was twenty-two when he passed away last Friday. Some fans raised a banner that read "They are still young, give their youth back".
The match ended in a tie.
Source: HKBU SU Editorial Board
#Nov14 #FIFA
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Hong Kong Football Fans Boo Chinese National Anthem
The Joint Qualification Match for the FIFA World Cup 2022 and the AFC Asian Cup 2023 takes place between Hong Kong and Bahrain at the Hong Kong Stadium tonight (Nov 14).
Spectators boo the Chinese national anthem played before the game and chant "liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times".
Read more: https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/11055
Source: Stand News
#Nov14 #Fifa
The Joint Qualification Match for the FIFA World Cup 2022 and the AFC Asian Cup 2023 takes place between Hong Kong and Bahrain at the Hong Kong Stadium tonight (Nov 14).
Spectators boo the Chinese national anthem played before the game and chant "liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times".
Read more: https://publielectoral.lat/guardiansofhongkong/11055
Source: Stand News
#Nov14 #Fifa
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Police Dumped Citizens' Supplies into a Fountain
1858 Sheung Shui
Some policemen dumped the drinks and food that citizens provided for protesters into a fountain. Later, some citizens voluntarily fished the supplies out of the fountain.
Source: City Broadcasting Channel
#Nov14 #HongKongPolice
1858 Sheung Shui
Some policemen dumped the drinks and food that citizens provided for protesters into a fountain. Later, some citizens voluntarily fished the supplies out of the fountain.
Source: City Broadcasting Channel
#Nov14 #HongKongPolice
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#AnimalRights #PoliceState
Hong Kong Govenment Order to "Catch and Kill" Wild Boars, Sparking Outcry from Citizens and Animal Rights Groups
On November 9, 2021, an auxiliary police officer in Hong Kong was said being bitten by a wild pig in North Point. The boar was later found fell to its death from a 10-meter high ground.
On November 12, 2021, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (#AFCD) immediately announced a "catch-and-kill" policy to euthanise wild boars that enter urban areas.
Eight animal rights group quickly launched a signature campaign titled "Wild boars are innocent. Do Not vent your hatred and anger at animals," urging the authorities to scrap the "catch-and-kill" policy.
One of the concern groups issued an open to Sophia Chan Siu-chee, Secretary for Food and Health and Leung Siu-fai, Director of AFCD.
In the letter, the group pointed out that boars are wild animals indigenous to Hong Kong. "They are living creatures with conscious and thoughts and should be respected."
The group criticized the authorities for disregarding the wild boars' rights to live in urban areas, calling the "catch-and-kill" policy utterly unreasonable.
In less then one day, the campaign received more than 30,000 signatures.
Source: InmediaHK; #Nov14
https://bit.ly/3CbGVAZ
#AnimalCruelty #FailedState #WildBoars #Death
Hong Kong Govenment Order to "Catch and Kill" Wild Boars, Sparking Outcry from Citizens and Animal Rights Groups
On November 9, 2021, an auxiliary police officer in Hong Kong was said being bitten by a wild pig in North Point. The boar was later found fell to its death from a 10-meter high ground.
On November 12, 2021, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (#AFCD) immediately announced a "catch-and-kill" policy to euthanise wild boars that enter urban areas.
Eight animal rights group quickly launched a signature campaign titled "Wild boars are innocent. Do Not vent your hatred and anger at animals," urging the authorities to scrap the "catch-and-kill" policy.
One of the concern groups issued an open to Sophia Chan Siu-chee, Secretary for Food and Health and Leung Siu-fai, Director of AFCD.
In the letter, the group pointed out that boars are wild animals indigenous to Hong Kong. "They are living creatures with conscious and thoughts and should be respected."
The group criticized the authorities for disregarding the wild boars' rights to live in urban areas, calling the "catch-and-kill" policy utterly unreasonable.
In less then one day, the campaign received more than 30,000 signatures.
Source: InmediaHK; #Nov14
https://bit.ly/3CbGVAZ
#AnimalCruelty #FailedState #WildBoars #Death
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（獨媒報導）一名52歲輔警早前（11月9日）在北角天后廟道被野豬咬至重傷，其後野豬跌落10米深山坡傷重死亡。漁護署三日後下
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#RuleByLaw
Hong Kong pro-democracy defendants face much heavier sentences than before 2019 protests
Since outbreak of the anti-ELAB movement in Hong Kong in 2019, over 2,000 citizens have been convicted for their involvement in pro-democracy protests.
Stand News, a local newspaper consolidated relevant public data from June 2019 through November 2021, which showed a total of 34 people being charged over "behaving in disorderly manner in public places".
Among them, 8 (24%) were accused of obstructing road; another 8 (24%) being charged over hurling objects, while the remaining 18 (52%) were found guilty for making noises (swearling, chanting protest slogans, or hurling insults at Hong Kong Police). These cases saw a high conviction rate exceeding 60%.
With regards to sentencing, a large proportion of nearly 60% (12 people) of those being convicted were imprisoned for a period ranging from 3 weeks to 7 months.
Another 5% of the defendants were sent to the Correctional Services' training centers. The rest faced lighter penalties such as signing bind-over orders for conduct and probation (14%); and community service orders (24%).
In comparison, most convicts in cases of similar nature in the past were not sentenced to jail.
A legal professional group in Hong Kong explained that in the past, only some defendants with criminal records would likely be put behind bars.
However, in recent cases, even first offenders are often imprisoned.
The group added that this showed the court's intention to deploy heavier penalties against defendants from the pro-democracy movement, particularly for cases under Public Order Ordinance, as deterrence.
#RuleofLaw #RuleByLaw #PoliceState #FailedState
Source: Stand News, #Nov14
https://thestandnews.page.link/kZ66FKVG9sBLL9pA6
Hong Kong pro-democracy defendants face much heavier sentences than before 2019 protests
Since outbreak of the anti-ELAB movement in Hong Kong in 2019, over 2,000 citizens have been convicted for their involvement in pro-democracy protests.
Stand News, a local newspaper consolidated relevant public data from June 2019 through November 2021, which showed a total of 34 people being charged over "behaving in disorderly manner in public places".
Among them, 8 (24%) were accused of obstructing road; another 8 (24%) being charged over hurling objects, while the remaining 18 (52%) were found guilty for making noises (swearling, chanting protest slogans, or hurling insults at Hong Kong Police). These cases saw a high conviction rate exceeding 60%.
With regards to sentencing, a large proportion of nearly 60% (12 people) of those being convicted were imprisoned for a period ranging from 3 weeks to 7 months.
Another 5% of the defendants were sent to the Correctional Services' training centers. The rest faced lighter penalties such as signing bind-over orders for conduct and probation (14%); and community service orders (24%).
In comparison, most convicts in cases of similar nature in the past were not sentenced to jail.
A legal professional group in Hong Kong explained that in the past, only some defendants with criminal records would likely be put behind bars.
However, in recent cases, even first offenders are often imprisoned.
The group added that this showed the court's intention to deploy heavier penalties against defendants from the pro-democracy movement, particularly for cases under Public Order Ordinance, as deterrence.
#RuleofLaw #RuleByLaw #PoliceState #FailedState
Source: Stand News, #Nov14
https://thestandnews.page.link/kZ66FKVG9sBLL9pA6